Kite is a storefront theme for toy shops, baby stores, kids clothing and school supply stores and gift shops, single brand or Multi-Vendor marketplaces with makers and specialist shops.
Four styles: Playroom (cream, navy and sunshine yellow), Nursery (soft white, blush and teal), Woodland (oat, forest green and terracotta) and Bedtime (dark midnight blue with star yellow).
Four styles, one theme
Each style changes the ground, bands, type weight and card treatment, not only the accent colour. Open any of them in the live demo.
Kite answers what parents and gift givers ask first, what suits this age and what fits my budget:
Shop by age on a growth chart and an age bar on every list
Gift finder by age, budget and interest
Age chip on every product card
Safety badges and a small parts warning on product pages
Gift wrap hint and wish list emphasis
Make it a gift set adds matching toys at once
Full page cache safe, text contrast of at least 4.5:1
How it works
Install the package in Add-ons: it adds the Kite theme without touching your storefront. Activate Kite in Website, Themes and pick a style. The next admin page adds the demo store, so every section is filled at once.
Ages come from one product feature, Age, with one variant per age range such as 0-12 months or 3-4 years. Safety badges are checkbox features. Edit them on the product page or with the standard import.
Features
Shop by age growth chart with toy counts
Age bar on category and search pages
Gift finder by age, budget and interest
Age chips on cards in one colour system
Safety badges and small parts warning on product pages
Gift wrap hint and a birthday wish list band
Department mega menu with an illustrated tile and a Sale pill
Hero slider with two buttons
Shop by category and shop by interest tiles
Tabbed best sellers, new arrivals and offers with countdowns
Product cards with pastel toy-box wells and the second image on hover
Make it a gift set bundles
Multi-Vendor maker cards and vendor page header
Phone layout with bottom bar, filter sheet and sticky add to cart
Installs with full demo content
Four styles: Playroom, Nursery, Woodland and Bedtime
Child of Responsive: add-on hooks keep working
CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 to 4.21.x
What you get
Package
kv_theme_kite-1.0.0.zip: the theme and its wrapper add-on, installed through Add-ons → Manage add-ons. Activate it in Website → Themes and pick a style.
Editions
CS-Cart, CS-Cart Ultimate, Multi-Vendor and Multi-Vendor Ultimate 4.17.2 – 4.21.x, one package. A child theme of Responsive: no core files are changed and add-on templates keep working.
Updates & support
12 months included. Updates keep the theme files you changed; your layouts are never replaced.
License
1 production installation; subdomains, staging, dev and localhost are free. The theme checks its license for your domain once a day from the admin panel. Without a valid license the storefront shows the standard Responsive look instead of the Kite design; cart, checkout and orders keep working. How licensing works
Compatibility
We list only the builds we install and test on. “Tested” means the full test plan was run on that build; “Supported” means the build is inside the supported range and uses the same hooks.
CS-Cart version and edition compatibility
CS-Cart version
CS-Cart
CS-Cart Ultimate
Multi-Vendor
Multi-Vendor Ultimate
4.22 and later
Testing next
Testing next
Testing next
Testing next
4.21.2
Supported
Supported
Tested
Supported
4.20.x
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.19.x
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.18.x
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.17.2
Tested
Supported
Tested
Supported
Before 4.17.2
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Last tested build: Multi-Vendor 4.21.2, Oct 22, 2026Tested on: CS-Cart 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.21.2
Requirements
Platform
CS-Cart, CS-Cart Ultimate, Multi-Vendor or Multi-Vendor Ultimate 4.17.2 – 4.21.x
Requirement
For the hero slider and the promo banners, the core Banners add-on; for Play ideas, Blog; for parent reviews,
Requirement
Administrator access to the admin panel
Core changes
None. Hooks and template overrides only
1.0.0
Oct 22, 2026
Latest
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Kite theme for CS-Cart, CS-Cart Ultimate, Multi-Vendor and Multi-Vendor Ultimate 4.17.2 - 4.21.x: a classic,
Shop by age growth chart and an age bar on category and search pages, built on the standard product feature "Age"
Gift finder by age, budget and interest (standard product search with filters and a price range).
Age and safety panel on product pages (Safety tested, Non-toxic finishes, BPA free, Sustainable materials) and a
Wish list emphasis: heart on every card, labelled wish list icon with counter, Add to wish list button, birthday wish
Header: top bar with promises and quick links, logo, wide rounded search, labelled account, wish list and cart icons
Homepage: hero slider of banners (eyebrow, headline, text, two buttons, dots), promise strip, Shop by age, Shop by
Product cards: pastel well (six colours along the grid) with the second image on hover, sale / New tags, wish list
Product pages: gallery in a pastel well, brand and age eyebrow, option chips, age and safety panel, delivery / gift wrap
Multi-Vendor: vendor page header with logo, rating, product count and city.
Settings: age chips and age bar, pastel wells, gift wrap hint (plus the Kavio theme kit settings).
Four styles: Playroom, Nursery, Woodland and Bedtime (dark). Fredoka and Nunito fonts (SIL Open Font License,
Complete demo content (Skylark Toys & Baby: eight departments with 21 subcategories, 62 products with age, interest,
Tested on CS-Cart 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.21.2. First release.
Do I need a special age database?
No. Kite reads ages from the standard product feature "Age" (one variant per age range). You edit it on the product page or in the product import like any other feature. See Usage.
My age ranges are named differently.
Kite reads the numbers and the words "months" / "years" in the variant names, so "Ages 3 to 5", "18 months+" or "6-8 yrs" work. Ranges without a number are listed as features but get no chip.
The cards show no age chip or brand.
They come from product features: Age (KT_AGE) and Brand (KT_BRAND), or your own features with those names. Check that Age chips and age bar is on in the settings.
Where do the safety badges come from?
From checkbox features: Safety tested, Non-toxic finishes, BPA free, Sustainable materials and Small parts warning (codes KT_SAFE, KT_NONTOXIC, KT_BPA, KT_ECO, KT_SMALL_PARTS). Tick them per product.
My product photos have a white background. Do they work?
Yes. Turn off Pastel toy-box wells behind product images in the Kite settings: photos are shown on a plain white card. Cut-out images (transparent background) look best with the pastel wells.
Can I change the gift finder budgets?
The labels are language variables (kv_theme_kite.budget_*); the amounts are the price ranges of the chips in the block template. Prices are compared in your primary currency.
Does Kite work with the full page cache of CS-Cart 4.21?
Yes. Theme output holds only catalogue data; the gift finder and the gift set totals run in the shopper's browser, and cart and wish list counters come from the standard blocks.
What happens when the licence expires?
The storefront shows the standard Responsive look; your store keeps selling. See Configuration.
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